ALEX Podcasts

Title: Romeo and Juliet - The Ultimate Love Story
Overview:
Throughout school, students are often required to read books that they know nothing about. This is one of a series of podcasts reviewing required high school reading materials. This video review is of Romeo and Juliet, one of the most popular plays by William Shakespeare. The play has been said to be the ultimate love story and the ultimate test of love. This podcast will give you a brief and accurate summary of this classic play. Standard(s):
[ELA2013] (12) 9: By the end of Grade 12, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poems, at the high end of the Grades 11-College and Career Readiness (CCR) text complexity band independently and proficiently. [RL.11-12.10]

Romeo and Juliet - The Ultimate Love StoryOverview:Throughout school, students are often required to read books that they know nothing about. This is one of a series of podcasts reviewing required high school reading materials. This video review is of Romeo and Juliet, one of the most popular plays by William Shakespeare. The play has been said to be the ultimate love story and the ultimate test of love. This podcast will give you a brief and accurate summary of this classic play.

Title: Sport Talk's Literature Link (Episode #1: "Fifteen")
Overview:
This podcast features an animated talk show segment titled Sport Talk's Literature Link. In this episode, the host (Jim English) speaks with the speaker of William's Stafford's motorcycle poem "Fifteen." As the host and his guest discuss this coming of age poem, they analyze literary elements such as theme, conflict, alliteration, assonance, stanza, speaker v. poet, and personification. A transcript is also available for this podcast. Standard(s):
[ELA2013] (9) 40: Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings. [L.9-10.5]

Sport Talk's Literature Link (Episode #1: "Fifteen")Overview:This podcast features an animated talk show segment titled Sport Talk's Literature Link. In this episode, the host (Jim English) speaks with the speaker of William's Stafford's motorcycle poem "Fifteen." As the host and his guest discuss this coming of age poem, they analyze literary elements such as theme, conflict, alliteration, assonance, stanza, speaker v. poet, and personification. A transcript is also available for this podcast.